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ATLANTA SILVERBACKS LINE UP PRESEASON WITH REGIONAL OPPONENTS

Release from Atlanta Silverbacks Media Relations: With the 2015 NASL Spring Season kicking off in less than 60 days, the Atlanta Silverbacks have produced a preseason schedule featuring five fixtures. Atlanta and first-year head coach Gary Smith will prepare for regular season action with a team sheet studded with just five returning players from 2014.…
Maryland Tabbed Big Ten Baseball Preseason Favorite

Release from Big Ten Conference: Maryland was voted the preseason favorite to claim the 2015 Big Ten Baseball Championship as voted on by the conference coaches and announced on Wednesday. The coaches voted on the top six teams and also selected three student-athletes from their own squads to a Players to Watch list. The Terrapins…
Georgia Tech football’s Johnson, Stroebel Named to 2014 All-ACC Academic Football Team

Release from Georgia Tech Athletics: Georgia Tech safety Isaiah Johnson and long snapper Trevor Stroebel were among the 63 student-athletes named to the 2014 All-ACC Academic Football Team. Johnson, a native of Tyrone, Ga., is a two-time Georgia Tech graduate. He graduated in December 2013 with his bachelor’s degree in management and in December 2014…
ACC Announces 2014 All-ACC Academic Football Team

Release from the ACC: Duke senior linebacker David Helton (Chattanooga, Tenn.), who was named the winner of the Campbell Trophy as the nation’s top football scholar-athlete by the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame and also earned the ACC’s Jim Tatum Award as its top scholar-athlete, heads the 65-person 2014 All-ACC Academic…
Atlanta Braves Announce Two Hires to Baseball Operations Department

Release from Atlanta Braves Media Relations: The Atlanta Braves today announced two new hires to the baseball operations department, as Fred McGriff and Greg Walker have each been named as a Special Assistant to Baseball Operations. The hires were made by John Hart, Braves President of Baseball Operations. McGriff, a familiar face within the Braves…
Inside the Inquirer: Interview with Joe Gibbs Racing Motorcross Team Manager Jeremy Albrecht

By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor We conducted an exclusive interview with Joe Gibbs Racing Motorcross team manager Jeremy Albrecht in anticipation for the upcoming AMA Supercross races at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Feb. 21 and 28. The 40-year-old from Reche Canyon, Calif., is a motocross veteran, having ridden and wrenched motorcycles for years. Albrecht…